FDA – Time Rewind

On This Day March 20

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On This Day October 22

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Celebrity Birthdays

1903 – Comedian-vaudevillian actor Curly Howard, born Jerome Lester Horwitz, of The Three Stooges comedy trio (d. 1952)

1938 – Actor Christopher Lloyd, best known as the eccentric Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown in the “Back to the Future” movie series and “Reverend” Jim Ignatowski on the hit TV sitcom “Taxi”

1939 – Actor Tony Roberts, a fixture of several Woody Allen films, most notably “Annie Hall”

1942 – Singer-actress Annette Funicello, one of the original Mouseketeers (d. 2013)

1943 – Actress Catherine Deneuve (“Repulsion,” “Belle du Jour,” “Indochine”)

1947 – Mind-body healing expert and motivational speaker and author Deepak Chopra

1952 – Actor Jeff Goldblum (“The Big Chill,” “The Fly,” “Jurassic Park,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” “Independence Day,” “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” “Le Week-End,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “Independence Day: Resurgence”)

1963 – U.S. Olympic gold medal figure skater Brian Boitano

History Highlights

1934 – A lengthy manhunt comes to an end in an Ohio cornfield as FBI agents gun down Public Enemy No. 1 — Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd. Floyd was sought in connection with a slew of bank robberies and the 1933 Kansas City Massacre in which three police officers and an FBI agent were killed.

1962 – In a nationally broadcast address, President John F. Kennedy informs Americans that the Soviet Union is stockpiling offensive missiles just 90 miles off the coast of Florida, in Cuba. The U.S. imposes a naval blockade, and so begins the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1968 – Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting Earth 163 times.

1976 – The Food and Drug Administration bans Red Dye No. 2 after studies show it causes tumors in dogs.

1992 – Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Red Barber (radio voice of the Reds, Dodgers and Yankees) dies at age 84.

2012 – A fall from grace for a one-time international cycling icon. Lance Armstrong is stripped of the seven Tour de France titles he won from 1999 to 2005 and banned for life from competitive cycling after being charged with systematically using illicit performance-enhancing drugs and for making his teammates dope to help him win races.

Musical Milestones

1966 – Motown darlings, The Supremes, become the first all-female group to top the U.S. album chart, as “The Supremes A’ Go-Go” begins two weeks at No. 1. The album contains the chart-topping single “You Can’t Hurry Love” and No. 9 hit “Love Is Like an Itch in My Heart.”

1966 – The Four Tops begin their second and final week atop the pop chart with “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” which becomes a Motown classic and the band’s signature song.

1969 – In a BBC interview, Paul McCartney publicly denies rumors that he was dead. The most recent of many clues of this “death hoax” was the fact that he was the only barefoot Beatle on the cover of the newly released “Abbey Road” album.

1977 – “You Light Up My Life,” by Debby Boone, begins the second of 10 weeks as a No. 1 single.

1988 – Phil Collins rules the singles chart with his cover of The Mindbenders’ “A Groovy Kind Of Love,” his sixth No. 1 single.

1994 – “I’ll Make Love to You,” by Boyz II Men, is midway through a 14-week domination of the pop chart.

2005 – “Gold Digger,” by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, is in the midst of a 10-week reign over the Billboard Hot 100. The track contains samples of Ray Charles’ “I Got a Woman.”

On this Day May 9

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Celebrity Birthdays

1874 – Archaeologist Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun (d. 1939)

1918 – Longtime CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace (d. 2012)

1936 – Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Albert Finney (“Miller’s Crossing,” “Erin Brockovich,” “Big Fish”) (d. 2019)

1940 – Oscar and Emmy-winning director-producer James L. Brooks (“Terms of Endearment,” “The Simpsons,” “As Good as it Gets”)

1946 – Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Candice Bergen (“Murphy Brown,” “Boston Legal,” “Miss Congeniality”)

1949 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Billy Joel (“Piano Man,” “Just the Way You Are,” “Movin’ Out,” “Only the Good Die Young,” “She’s Always a Woman”)

1961 – Actor-singer John Corbett (“Northern Exposure,” “Sex and the City,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”), who also provides voiceovers for Applebees and Walgreens

History Highlights

1926 – Polar explorer Richard Byrd and co-pilot Floyd Bennett fly over the North Pole in a triple-engine Fokker monoplane, marking the first time an aircraft crosses the top of the world. The flight’s earlier-than-expected return prompted some to challenge the achievement. However, a scientific committee of the National Geographic Society confirms the historic crossing, and Byrd and Bennett are awarded Medals of Honor by President Calvin Coolidge.

1960 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the first commercially produced birth control pill, which comes to be known as “The Pill,” and paves the way for the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

1970 – A Vietnam War protest draws nearly 100,000 demonstrators to an area near the White House. Speakers include actress Jane Fonda and acclaimed pediatrician-author Dr. Benjamin Spock. President Richard Nixon meets secretly with a group of protesters at the Lincoln Memorial.

1971 – The long-running comedy “The Honeymooners,” starring Jackie Gleason as bus driver Ralph Kramden and Audrey Meadows as his wife Alice, signs off for the last time.

1974 – The House Judiciary Committee opens impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

1978 – The bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro is found in the back of a car in Rome. Moro had been kidnapped by Red Brigade terrorists two months earlier after a bloody shoot-out near his suburban home.

Musical Milestones

1964 – Louis Armstrong’s “Hello Dolly” ends The Beatles’ 14-week hold on the top spot on the singles chart which began with “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and was followed by “She Loves You” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.” At age 62, Satchmo becomes the oldest artist to reach No. 1.

1966 – The Beatles hold the first of three studio sessions to record “For No One,” a track on the band’s “Revolver” album.

1970 – “American Woman,” by The Guess Who, begins a three-week run at No. 1 on the singles chart.

1987 – Cutting Crew begins its second and final week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “(I Just) Died in Your Arms.”

1992 – Bruce Springsteen makes his network television debut on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) with host Tom Hanks.

1992 – “Jump,” the debut single by hip hop duo Kris Kross, is midway through an eight-week reign of the Billboard Hot 100. The artists are just 12 and 13 years old when they record the track, which becomes an international smash.

2014 – Michael Jackson’s second posthumous album, “Xscape,” is released. It contains previously unreleased tracks dating back to 1980.